cassette
/kəˈset/noun
उच्चारण कसेट
कैसेट
Core word
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a small flat plastic case containing tape for playing or recording music or sound
कैसेट
- an audio cassette
- My father still has his old cassette player and a box of tapes.
- He rewound the cassette and pressed play.
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- Cassettes were popular before CDs arrived.
- I found a cassette of old songs in the attic.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
play / put in / rewind a cassette
Cassette takes the verbs play, insert, rewind, record on and eject. You play a cassette in a player or tape recorder.
Cassette के साथ play, insert, rewind, record on और eject क्रियाएँ आती हैं; इसे player या tape recorder में चलाया जाता है।
- Radhika's father still plays old cassettes in the car.
- Rewind the cassette to the first song.
on cassette
To say the format, use 'on cassette', 'on tape' or 'on CD'. There is no article.
रूप बताने के लिए 'on cassette', 'on tape' या 'on CD' आता है, बिना article के।
- The song was first released on cassette in 1985.
cassette + player / recorder / tape
Cassette is a modifier: cassette player, cassette recorder, cassette deck. Each device uses a cassette tape.
Cassette modifier है: cassette player, cassette recorder, cassette deck; हर यंत्र cassette tape इस्तेमाल करता है।
- The old cassette recorder still works.
cassette (video, film, game)
A cassette may also hold videotape (video cassette) or film. It is now largely replaced by digital media.
Cassette में videotape (video cassette) या फ़िल्म भी हो सकती है; अब इसकी जगह मुख्यतः डिजिटल माध्यम ने ले ली है।
- Grandfather kept the wedding video on a cassette.
+Collocations 4
verb + cassette
playrecord onrewindinsertejectcopy
- He recorded his speech on a cassette.
cassette + noun
playerrecorderdecktapecollectionlibrary
- He has a large collection of cassette tapes.
type of cassette
audiovideoblankpre-recordedmusictape
- She bought a blank audio cassette to record the lecture.
adjective + cassette
oldwornfavouritetangledscratched
- The old cassette stretched and the sound became slow.
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- Before smartphones, students recorded lectures on cassettes.
Smartphone से पहले विद्यार्थी व्याख्यान cassette पर रिकॉर्ड करते थे।
- My uncle keeps a box of old Hindi film song cassettes in the attic.
मेरे चाचा के पास पुराने हिंदी फ़िल्मी गानों के cassette का एक डिब्बा अटारी में रखा है।
- The tape got stuck in the cassette player and had to be pulled out.
Tape cassette player में फँस गई और उसे खींचकर निकालना पड़ा।
- In the 1990s, devotional songs on cassette were sold outside temples.
1990 के दशक में मंदिरों के बाहर cassette पर भक्ति गीत बिकते थे।
- Radhika found a cassette with her grandmother's voice and played it with tears in her eyes.
राधिका को अपनी दादी की आवाज़ वाला एक cassette मिला और उसने आँखों में आँसू लिए उसे चलाया।
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✗ I listened a cassette last night.
✓ I listened to a cassette last night.
'Listen' takes the preposition 'to'.
'Listen' के साथ preposition 'to' आता है।
✗ The song is available in cassette.
✓ The song is available on cassette.
The recording format is introduced with 'on'.
रिकॉर्डिंग के माध्यम के लिए 'on' आता है।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: cassettes were used before CDs and digital music.
प्रयोग में cassettes CDs और डिजिटल संगीत से पहले प्रयुक्त होते थे।